Digital Camera Photos - Preserving and Showing Them Off

 Concerned about what might happen to your precious digital memories if your computer should crash? You should be. What's the best way to make sure those digital photos are around for a long, long time? How do you show off those digital photos to your friends and family? How do you show those pictures without boring your audience? Preserving digital images does not have to be difficult or expensive. Showing off your digital photos should be done in a fun and entertaining way.

Before you think about showing your digital images, you should make sure that they are safe. Digital images have the potential to be some of the longest lasting photographs possible. They also have the potential to totally disappear for good within seconds if you're not careful. They are primarily three ways that people save digital images:

*On a memory card

*On the hard drive

*On CD or DVD

Despite some attempts by the industry to introduce low-cost memory cards, saving your digital images on memory cards is an expensive idea. While I urge you to buy large cards, so that you can use the highest resolution of your camera at all times, there are much less expensive ways to save your digital images. Memory cards, although durable, are best used as temporary storage until you can save them permanently.

While at some point almost every digital image will be copied to a computer, this may be one of the most dangerous places for your digital image to be. First, it is not a matter of if, but when, your hard drive will crash. Computer hard drives spin upwards of 5400 RPMs. This mechanical part has very small tolerances. It will fail. Even a raid backup system can have problems.
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Besides mechanical problems, while your images are on a computer they can also be exposed to a virus. I have met people that have lost all their digital images due to a virus getting onto their computer. I admit to having digital photos on my computers that have not been properly backed up. An external hard drive is also prone to mechanical problems, either from sitting without use or just bad luck. A raid backup or external hard drive are a good idea just be aware that they can have problems.

CD or DVD has the potential to be one of the most permanent methods to store digital photos. Buying good quality DVDs, you can save 200 to 300 GB worth of digital photos for less than $40. That is a lot of digital photos. Good, high-quality DVDs have an expected life of 75 to 100 years. It is important to stick with high quality name brand DVDs such as Fuji, Sony, or Verbatim. Gold standard DVDs do provide even better lifespan.

Once you have enough digital files to fill a DVD, burn them to a DVD all at once and then close the disc. Always make sure the disc is closed, do not use the option that lets you add to the disk again at a later time, because this can cause compatibility problems.

Once burned to DVD, images can no longer be deleted or modified in a way that might harm them, such as by a virus. All you need to do is make sure your DVD collection is stored safely. If you're extra cautious, make a second DVD. The only real potential for problems is a change in computer software or hardware that makes it impossible to read the file. However, just copying your files to whatever new standard comes to the forefront in the future, will solve that problem.


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